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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Under the moon on October 16, 2008, 03:10:38 am

Title: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Under the moon on October 16, 2008, 03:10:38 am
The answer, bluntly, is no. No amount of pixie dust is going to let you spread your wings and lift off into the sky. No way, no how.

However, they  CAN DO THIS! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttz5oPpF1Js&feature=related) (in a far future version of the game) Or, something very similar, moving much slower and not needing a chute to land.

So, keep thinking those Klyros thoughts.
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Jarexia on October 16, 2008, 03:57:06 am
I forsee the Eagle Fort becoming a far more crowded locale that it currently is! :woot:
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Prolix on October 16, 2008, 08:12:22 am
But do they Caw like a crow or Kiiii! like an eagle?
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: khoridor on October 16, 2008, 08:28:53 am
They don't look like birds to me.

and... what sound do they make when they crash? Is it a solid thud or a wet splat?
I can't wait for these klyros rains!
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: citizen on October 16, 2008, 01:08:57 pm
They don't look like birds to me.

and... what sound do they make when they crash? Is it a solid thud or a wet splat?
I can't wait for these klyros rains!


You mean, try to use incredible weight on a flying klyros? :)
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Raa on October 18, 2008, 10:10:34 pm
What if this happens?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8vEcC0IxKA

Or this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEE8QQBuuYg&feature=related

By the way, why would Klyros have wings if they can't actually fly? Shouldn't they have webby things like flying squirrels or bats?
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Vannaka on October 19, 2008, 12:24:03 am
By the way, why would Klyros have wings if they can't actually fly? Shouldn't they have webby things like flying squirrels or bats?

Why does an ostrich have wings if it can't really fly?  Whoever designed their 3d model has some explaining to do.
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Kedhran on October 19, 2008, 01:12:08 am
Ostriches don't glide, they're completely land-bound.  Bats and flying squirrels do.

Buuuttt...  Klyros wings do kinda remind me of bats' wings, so I'm not really sure what kind of change you'd want for them.  They ARE pretty webby already.
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Raa on October 19, 2008, 01:54:59 am
They look nothing like bat wings (and don't say I don't know what they look like; where I live bats are worshiped). Ostriches have an evolutionary reason for having wings. Did Klyros at one time actually fly? If not, they shouldn't have wings. They should have webby wing things.
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Shaman on October 19, 2008, 02:12:25 am
where I live bats are worshiped

In your bedroom? :P
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Tontow on October 19, 2008, 04:40:24 am
Maby there more like a flying fish?/me gose off to the game to look up what books have to say about the race.
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Da_Kaos_Child on October 19, 2008, 11:59:42 am
i noticed that they take less damage when falling.

also the manual says they can fly/glide short distances.

so they can in essance jump a little further for mountain top hopping
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Gaian on October 19, 2008, 12:10:35 pm
Oh, nice. I think that a klyros char will be nice, when this far future version of the game will exist... (:P)
But I hope that there will be a klyrosish glideish skill to train. Everything have to be trained... or not?
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Duraza on October 19, 2008, 11:01:31 pm
They look nothing like bat wings (and don't say I don't know what they look like; where I live bats are worshiped). Ostriches have an evolutionary reason for having wings. Did Klyros at one time actually fly? If not, they shouldn't have wings. They should have webby wing things.

Do keep in mind this is a fantasy game. That means they don't have to care about evolution or how anything in the real world works.
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Gravemind on October 20, 2008, 01:04:30 pm
Klyros have extremely light bones/body tissue, which prevents them from wearing heavy armor, though to effectively fly like a bird they would need wings some several times bigger and stronger then they are, but using them to glide horizontally is plausible.

Also, there is a spell to weigh characters down, logically there would be a spell to make them lighter as well, and this would probably allow a klyros to flap his wings and fly upwards


Personally I'd like it if they had large bat wings which worked perfectly, seeing as we're all going to have flying bat/reptile mounts in this "far future version of the game" then it's perfectly ok for there to be one race that can fly unaided
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Farren Kutter on October 20, 2008, 01:31:56 pm
Actually, BTW, Bats do fly, if a bit differently from birds... And Klyros wings are supposedly weak-looking. They were descended from flying creatures, not necessarily birds or anything, but their adapting may have made them more of a land-dwelling creature, and they also learned to swim well, their former aerodynamic shaping also making them hydrodynamic. They are mainly land-dwelling creatures however, and lack of use of their wings over the years would have led to the wings shrinking and weakening to their present state. They still have strength to hold themselves open and move them a little, but would likely not be able to flap hard enough or fast enough to attain a sustained flight. Perhaps one who worked their whole life to build muscles in the wing... But even that would be iffy.


PS: BTW UtM, that video makes Batman seem so much more believable >.>
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: screwballl on October 21, 2008, 08:50:10 pm
To me they look more like water based wings than air based wings.... webbed toes help them swim faster and the wings help direct them much more efficiently... kind of like an underwater bird...
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Raa on October 21, 2008, 11:02:16 pm
Farren, we know bats fly...

Anyway, that paragraph answers it.
Title: Re: Think Klyros thoughts! (aka: Can Klyros fly?)
Post by: Gravemind on October 23, 2008, 12:24:58 am
I strongly feel that this is highly relevant to the topic subject.

http://www.youtube.com/v/sPDVdrChBf4&hl

But no seriously, have you heard?